ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

Thought For the Day: We May Explain Success Mainly By One Word and that Word Is WORK!

“We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting, and indefatigable work, into which the whole heart is put.” – Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty

“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)

Shadowboxing

Neo Tanpopo – Katakana - BooN-Kura Komainu r On Guard

Shadowboxing
by Michael Doyle

Shadowboxing with my ego
Hiding from whispers of an echo
When cleansing of sin is needed
And common sense is not heeded

There are dangers in complexity
Raw feelings rough in their simplicity
I just need to hold on to the sunrise
Visions that bleed before my tired eyes

Mistakes made in my living hell
The pain inside is where my demons dwell
I never meant to hurt your beautiful soul
Caught in past trauma, I sometimes lose control

Without the benefits of my id
There are parts of me that I cannot keep hid
Lying in a pool of blood, not of my making
The innocence of childhood lost in the taking

I try so hard to always keep in trust
Because I know that I really, truly must
Holding on loosely to let love continue to grow
The wound in your eyes tells me my demons won't let go

Caught in an inferno's furnace blast
I am swept deep into my jaded past
In this world fill with angst's uncertainty
It is these wounded parts that are killing me

(c) October 7, 2022  Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

Love Flirts - Prepping for the Shows and Loving My Angel

Thought For the Day: The Opposite of A Correct Statement Is A False Statement. But the Opposite of A Profound Truth May Well Be Another Profound Truth

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” –Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate (7 Oct 1885-1962)

First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Its Citizens

“[T]he most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

Thought For the Day: If You Tell the Truth, You Don’t Have To Remember Anything

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Thought For the Day: There Are Times When We Must Sink To the Bottom of Our Misery To Understand Truth, Just As We Must Descend To the Bottom of a Well To See the Stars In Broad Daylight

“There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.” – Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic president (5 Oct 1936-2011)

First Principles: The Foundations of Our National Policy Will Be Laid In the Pure and Immutable Principles of Private Morality

“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.” – George Washington (1789)

Thought For the Day: He Who Tampers With the Currency Robs Labor of Its Bread

“He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.” – Daniel Webster (1782-1852)

This is why I am having nothing to do with crypto-currency and Bitcoin. When we undermine the national currency by playing with electronic data, we might make some money. This is true. But to whose consequence?

First Principles: He Serves His Party Best Who Serves the Country Best

“He serves his party best who serves the country best.” -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)